Last summer, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) drew skepticism and ridicule from the media and Republicans when he claimed that Russian hackers had gained access to local election systems in his state. Eight months later, special counsel Robert Mueller's report appears to back him up.

Stolen information affected more congressional races than the examples in Mueller's report, according to a 2016 report from The New York Times. The Times reported Guccifer 2.0 released documents on candidates in six states: Florida, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Ohio, Illinois and North Carolina.